Man City guilty of all charges related to financial breaches after ‘sham’ deals

The league said that now the charges have been proved, the issue of sanction will be addressed separately in a further hearing with the independent commission.

Manchester City have been found guilty of all charges related to breaches of Premier League financial rules between 2009-10 and 2017-18 by an independent commission, the league has said. Pic: Martin Rickett/PA Wire

Manchester City have been found guilty of all charges related to breaches of Premier League financial rules between 2009-10 and 2017-18 by an independent commission, the league has said.

The Premier League said the independent commission found City arranged ‘sham’ commercial deals with a number of its sponsors during the period, which were part of a disguised funding scheme, whereby those companies were only required to pay a portion of the relevant sponsorship fees.